The Netvanta line of multiservice routers from ADTRAN are designed as robust single-chassis solutions, combining tight security with numerous access points. It's meant to integrate as many functions as possible that, a few years ago, were standalone boxes.
If you have a space-conscious businesses, who's been putting their network together piecemeal for the last decade, Netvanta routers like the ADTRAN 3448 free up a lot of space, while opening up new options that weren't previously possible for your network.
What could this Netvanta router get you?
I. Centralized Configuration
Undoubtedly, the biggest hassle when dealing with a maze of network boxes is the trouble of keeping them all updated. Older equipment that can only be upgraded through direct connection struggles to keep up with the quickening pace of the outside world.
However, the entire Netvanta line of products can be controlled through a single console. Their unifying AOS operating system allows the ADTRAN 3448 to be on a single network alongside any ADTRAN device, with seamless integration and co-habitation. AOS can even cross distributed networks, unifying security polices in different offices.
II. Gigabit Ethernet
Another issue with older hardware is that speeds have accelerated. The gigabit Ethernet standard, which delivers ten times the speed as older Fast Ethernet systems, is the new standard among wired offices. Multigigabit Etherenet speeds (typically 2.5G and 5GB) and 10 Gigabit are now being deployed more and more.
Gigabit Ethernet allows for cross-office collaboration, or for video-conferencing discussions with potential partners in China. It brings a wider range of content hosting options. It means live backups being stored on Cloud systems, rather than heavy machinery in your basement.
III. Virtualization
Another option opened up by gigabit Ethernet through ADTRAN NetVanta 3448 router is robust office virtualization. Every machine on your system has unused potential – CPU cycles going idle, or hard drive space that will never be used. Virtualization cross-connects your office network in a whole new way.
Pooled resources are shared over the entire network, including data, software, and overall security measures. Databases can be centralized. In effect, what one computer “knows” they all do, no matter where they are on your network or what device is being used, as long as they pass through security.
IV. Distributed Security
When talking about these potential benefits of gigabit Ethernet, network protection is of the highest concern. Cloud services initially worried some due to security worries, but the market has created cloud-based security that's as distributed as your data.
Older systems rely on central servers, meaning those logging in must first be given temporary access while the router logs them in. With the ADTRAN 3448, they're blocked at the door until their credentials are demonstrated.
Plus, bringing us back to how AOS ties the network together, this too can be controlled through a single interface. That interface is also virtual and can be connected to remotely, Yet at all stages, as your data moves from node to node and city to city, it's protected by the same unified and easy-to-manage security system throughout.
ADTRAN Netvanta Routers Bring 21st Century Communications To Your Office
So, by upgrading to a space-conscious Netvanta 3448 router, you're squeezing far more into limited space. Far from simply making your office less cluttered, it allows you to perform housecleaning on your entire network, finding and reclaiming lost potential.
Between the speed boosts, space savings, and time reclaimed, this router packs a lot into a small package!